Denise Butler still remembers the moment…
Equity in Place
Denise Butler’s Evolution from Corporate Dreams to Community Power
A little girl who turned her toys into briefcases became the community organizer Brooklyn Park needed most
The vocabulary of neighborhood policymaking in the U.S. generally contrasts neighborhoods of concentrated poverty on the one hand with opportunity neighborhoods on the other. Policymakers target “racially concentrated areas of poverty” and researchers write about the disadvantage and dysfunction…
The Diversity of Gentrification: Multiple Forms of Gentrification in Minneapolis and St. Paul
In January of 2019, the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs (CURA) released its study of gentrification in Minneapolis and St. Paul between 2000 and 2015. “The Diversity of…